ukraine is a very important country, strategically located. it had russia's old nuclear weapons and it's a country with a hugely important human population on the verge of strong economic recovery. so i think in the long run, things look good for us for the west, but at the same time, we've got to get the russians to retreat from crimea, the 6,000 troops, make sure they don't go into southern -- the southern part of ukraine. make sure those troops are not reinforced that are there in crimea, don't mess with them. i think it's important that the world send a message that they are going to be serious costs that might affect the russian ruble and affect russian currency, then putin will listen. >> a lot at stake at russia and also for the united states. thank you, governor bill richardson, we may come back to you on this story. and that leads us to today's battle of the day, on this very subject. do you think what's happening in russia is a problem the united states should be dealing with? you heard some proposals from bill richardson. weigh in b